Some brilliant new images of my project for the new Macmillan Unit at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have come to light. It is always refreshing to see how others see your work & the space it was created for. In this instance I was very kindly given permission by Mike Hearle, European Digital Marketing Manager for Construction Specialties– to use images from their website. Construction Specialities supplied and installed the solid timber handrails running through the unit. Take a look …the artwork was digitally printed and installed by VGL. The project was delivered by IBI Group Architects and Willis Newson, the UK’s leading arts and health consultancy.
Tameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction SpecialitiesTameside Hospital New Macmillan Unit. Artwork by Christopher Tipping. Image by kind permission of Construction Specialities
The Chemotherapy Treatment Room. During my last visit to site on 13th March 2017 – I was really interested to see how the creative concept for the project had been applied in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room – a state of the art, 6 chair Chemotherapy Suite.
The artwork was to be applied to the adjustable privacy screens adjacent to each chair. The work forms a continuous landscape, divided into 6 sections, which will be continually re-arranged to present new combinations as the screens are used throughout the day.
These screens were manufactured and installed by Kwickscreen.
The Christie Hospital has also launched a 3 day a week chemotherapy service at the new £1.8m Macmillan Unit.
Interior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the Chemotherapy Suite at the New Macmillan Unit, showing artwork applied to the privacy screens. Project Artist: Christopher Tipping
I made my last visit to site on 13th March 2017 – to see the artworks fully installed. The interiors throughout the new unit are all completed, fully furnished and operational and the first clinics were to be held the very next day. Tameside Macmillan Unit Willis Newson
No more words – only images –
Interior detail of the New Macmillan Unit at Tameside Hospital – Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior detail of the New Macmillan Unit, showing the main corridor bespoke wallcovering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering & timber handrail. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering & solid timber handrail. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering & solid timber handrail. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the main corridor bespoke wall covering as seen through the laminated glazed screens. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the external glazing artworks. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the external glazing artworks. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the external glazing artworks. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the external glazing artworks. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the external glazing artworks. Project Artist: Christopher TippingInterior of the New Macmillan Unit, showing a detail of the external glazing artworks. Project Artist: Christopher Tipping
New Macmillan Unit for Tameside& Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
I know that this has been a rather long session of recent postings – but I am in ‘catch-up’ mode and before the new unit opens I wanted to get as much of the project documented, so bear with me if you can !
Detail: digitally printed large scale corridor Wallcovering. New Macmillan Unit. Image: Bronwen Gwillim
By far the most visible of the installations being delivered is the large scale bespoke ‘landscape’ running the length of the new corridor space. This artwork is not a linear narrative, so can be experienced from whatever direction you are walking in. It isn’t a conventional landscape either, with a foreground, horizon and expansive sky. It may have elements of this about it – BUT, the original walk I made with Stewart Ramsden into the Landscape of Tameside was only the beginning of a creative process and the development of a descriptive iconography which could help to tell a story about a journey.
Detail: digitally printed large scale corridor Wallcovering. New Macmillan Unit. Image: Bronwen GwillimClose up detail: digitally printed large scale corridor Wallcovering. New Macmillan Unit. Image: Bronwen Gwillim
The artwork was developed, manufactured and installed by VGL Ltd. The work is printed onto Dreamscape Suede Wallcovering which has a Poly Cotton fabric backing.
The design work was extensively sampled, with sample installations being carried out at the Hospital – as you can see from the following images. Where necessary the design was then tweaked to fit following comments before finally being approved for full printing and manufacture.
Main Corridor to the New Macmillan Unit by IBI Group Architects prior to the installation of the artworks. Image: Bronwen GwillimThe detail strips of artwork , shown here in red, were to be sample printed by VGL at full scale for discussion and approval. Image: Christopher TippingThe detail strips of artwork , shown here in red, were to be sample printed by VGL at full scale for discussion and approval. Image: Christopher TippingFull scale strip samples of the corridor wallcovering arrived at the studio for review. Image: Christopher TippingFull scale strip samples of the corridor wallcovering arrived at the studio for review. Image: Christopher TippingFull scale strip samples of the corridor wallcovering arrived at the studio for review. Image: Christopher TippingFull scale strip samples of the corridor wallcovering arrived at the studio for review. Image: Christopher Tipping
Following approval of the strip samples, a full scale print run started and was installed on site for further comment and review / approval.
Installation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Gareth LlewellynInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen GwillimInstallation of the full scale corridor artwork begins on site. Image: Bronwen Gwillim
Draft design for the Tameside ‘landscape’ of 5 interrelated & double-sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping
The Chemotherapy Treatment Room within the New Macmillan Unit at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust will feature five retractable ‘pull-out’ privacy screens manufactured by Kwickscreen, onto which artwork can be digitally printed. The flexible material for printing is an opaque, but translucent (if that makes sense!) crisp white vinyl. We have proposed a series of artworks inspired by the theme originally drawn out in the main corridor artwork & also by the new planting and design of the adjacent external courtyard designed by Olivia Kirk Gardens. The large windows of the Treatment Room face directly into this newly refurbished and planted space.
It is unlikely that all the screens will be drawn out at the same time…what is more likely is that smaller sections of each screen may be visible at various times, creating an ever changing backdrop to the activity in the room.
A draft design for the Chemotherapy Treatment Room retractable privacy screen. Image: Kwickscreen / Christopher TippingPlan Drawing – A draft design for the 5 screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room featuring retractable privacy screens. Image: Christopher Tipping / IBI Group ArchitectsDraft design for the 5 double sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping1 of 5 – ‘Tameside Landscape’ of interrelated & double-sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping2 of 5 – ‘Tameside Landscape’ of interrelated & double-sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping3 of 5 – ‘Tameside Landscape’ of interrelated & double-sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping4 of 5 – ‘Tameside Landscape’ of interrelated & double-sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping5 of 5 – ‘Tameside Landscape’ of interrelated & double-sided retractable privacy screens in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room. Image: Christopher Tipping
The Arts and Healthcare Environments Round Table was chaired by Lord Crisp and was organised by Alex Coulter– “Alex has been Director of Art & Health South West since 2010. Before that she managed the Arts in Hospital project at Dorset County Hospital for 13 years. and worked as a free lance arts and health consultant in the acute and primary care sectors. As part of her role with AHSW she represents the region on the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing and provides the secretariat for theAll Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing”. Arts & Health South West
“The Arts and Healthcare Environments round table is hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. It is one in a series of round tables in which practitioners, academics, policy makers, those with lived experience and managers of services are invited to share their knowledge and experience with parliamentarians. The aim is to inform policy recommendations for the APPG’s Inquiry into Arts, Health and Wellbeing.
The integration of the arts into hospital environments is, arguably, the great success story of the arts and health movement in this country. Major initiatives, such as the King’s Fund Healing Environments programme and the work by CABE (the Commission for the Built Environment) and NHS Estates, in the 1990s and 2000s have had a significant and lasting impact. This round table will consider the critical success factors in this area of arts and health practice, how these might influence our thinking about policy for the wider arts and health sector, as well as consider what next for arts in healthcare environments. We will broaden the discussion to incorporate issues such as staff experience and retention, design of products and services, and the integration of gardens and horticulture into healthcare environments.” Alex Coulter
Participants:
Gilly Angell, Expert Patient, UCLH Cancer Centre
Sir Quentin Blake, Artist
Paul Brooks, Associate Director of Patient Experience and Facilities Management, Derby Teaching
Hospitals and Laura Waters, Arts Programme Manager, Derby Teaching Hospitals
Clare Devine, Executive Director Architecture, Built Environment and Design, Design Council Cabe
Guy Eades, Director of Healing Arts, St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight
Susan Francis, Programme Director for Architects for Health
Professor Fiona Sampson, poet
Dr Sue Stuart-Smith, Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist
Sally Thompson, Director Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust
Following the round table we were all invited to celebrate the launch of Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2016hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charityat St Thomas’ Hospital. “This national showcase of work in hospitals from across the country will offer an insight into some of the ways the arts can enhance the 21st Century hospital”.
I have worked as an artist within Healthcare Environments since the very outset of my career – so this was a very privileged opportunity for me to make a contribution to the debate and hopefully in some small way, to influence future policy for the better.
Also – this was my first time inside the Houses of Parliament ! I couldn’t believe I was standing in Westminster Hall –
My pictures are not so good – but the experience really was !
Houses of Parliament, Monday 13th June 2016 Image: Christopher TippingInside Westminster Hall, Monday 13th June 2016. Image: Christopher Tipping
The massive and magnificent hammer beam roof of Westminster Hall. Monday 13th June 2016. Image: Christopher TippingA carved angel – part of the massive hammer beam roof of Westminster Hall, Monday 13th June 2016
Willis Newson, one of the UK’s leading Arts and Health Consultancies, are managing the arts and interior design strategy and artist appointment for the project.
‘Tameside Macmillan Unit is a medium sized refurbishment project at Tameside General Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester. Building on existing facilities provided by the Trust and Macmillan for cancer patients, the new unit will include a Macmillan Information and Support Centre, a 6 chair treatment room, waiting areas, procedure rooms and various spaces for alternative therapies’. Text from Artist’s Brief by Willis Newson
Work is due to start on site in March/April 2016 and due to be completed in September/October 2016.
An integrated approach to art, architecture and design is being delivered by Michael Hughes of IBI Architectssupported by KKE Architectsdelivering landscape design.
Christopher Tipping at top of Wild Bank, Tameside. 399m above Sea Level. Image: Stewart Ramsden
This is me at the top of Wild Bank, Tameside, the highest point on my 12 mile walk with Stewart Ramsden, a member of the project Arts Steering Group, supporting and championing the project – and also Chairman of the Tameside Ramblers.
‘A consultation workshop was held with patient, family and staff representatives to explore opportunities for the art, interiors and courtyard design. The session used creative activities to explore the group members’ personal experience and coping strategies and to identify common themes. Participants shared an appreciation of the value of ‘walking in nature’ as a healing experience and the beauty of the landscapes of Tameside: it was agreed that “Journeys through the Landscapes of Tameside” would provide a good overarching theme’. Text from Artist’s Brief by Willis Newson
It was decided that, due to time concerns and programme, I would base the creative response to the project broadly on a two day visit to meet with unit staff and service users, project architect Michael Hughes of IBI Group, Bronwen Gwillim of Willis Newson & Gareth Llewellyn, Capital Project Manager for the Trust. This was an opportunity for me simply to listen and hear about how cancer services were delivered to patients and how key factors affect that experience and how the environment can really make a difference. We also had a tour of the site – see some images to follow – and a detailed review with the architect of all plans for the work. At the end of Day 1, I walked into Ashton-Under-Lyne, to better understand the setting of the hospital and the community it serves.
What caught my eye walking into Ashton-Under-Lyne was the architectural legacy of an industrial past. Robust brick architecture with exuberant and self-confident detailing.
Industrial brick architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingIndustrial brick architecture and ironwork in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingIndustrial brick architecture and ironwork in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingMetro Cinema – built 1920. Architectural Faience. Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping
This is an amazing building – wonderful architectural faience ! It occupies a corner site with another fully glazed elevation.
Spectacular & robust doorway. Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingArchitecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingDecorative Architectural Ironwork, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingElongated doorway – Architecture of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingArchitecture & Streets of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingCamden House built 1851, No.2 Grey Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingCorner building, Stamford Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingSignage in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingCommercial Building, Architecture of Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingCommercial or Warehouse Building, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingPatterns of Architecture in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher TippingSt Michael and All Angels Church of England, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Image: Christopher Tipping